Do I need to give the customer a font?

Question

Freelance

I do 2D animation using Adobe After Effects. I'm new, just starting to freelance, so my question might be a bit strange. We agreed with the customer that I would sell him the finished video and the project itself. What to do with the font? Give the font installation file along with everything? Or is it enough that the font name is in the report (the report that appears in the folder when you collect files via dependencies - collect files)? In general, is it right to disclose to the customer what font you use where?

Answer 1

most likely we are talking about paid fonts.
this should be discussed immediately. those. you yourself must ask the customer about all third-party costs. those. is he ready to spend money on fonts, pictures, music, sounds, etc.
if the answer is no, you shouldn't have used any of the above in the project.
and since you have already done it, you must warn the customer about the font.
Here the problem is not even that you will give the font to him or not - but that he may then have problems due to the commercial use of this font.

Answer 2

there is no dumber idea that if people find out what font you used, they will do your job just like you or even better.

Answer 3

Never reveal your secrets! It's like a recipe for French lasagna that is passed down from generation to generation. If the customer finds out what font is used - write wasted, the secret recipe will be revealed, and with a brutal grin on his face he will run to make 2D animation with your, I repeat, your font, which you so painstakingly searched for on Googlefonts. And in general, for such personal questions about what font you use, you need to sue the customer and demand compensation from him, in the amount of all those animations that you could do with this font. Do not be deceived by insidious and greedy customers who always want to appropriate everything for themselves!